Ornament for desks



Aug.' l l., 1931; 8.1.1 w., MSER i 1,818,737

'ORNAMENT' Fon DEsxs ,Filed April 21,l 1930 '-3 l' l /m/E/vrae f k/.M0558 Arme/viv Patented Aug. 11, 1931 UNITED STATES BYRON W. MOSER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI ORNAMENT Application led April 21,

This invention relates generally to ornaments for desks and the like, and particularly to such an article which, in addition to acting as an ornament, will serve also as a paper- .5 weight, the predominant object of the invention being to produce an ornament lof this type which is of such improved construction and arrangement that the same may be produced at very little cost, and when so produced 1o will be very attractive in appearance.

Fig. 1 is a plan view of my improved ornament.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the ornament illustrated in Fig. 1, but with a portion of the upper part of the ornament shown in elevation.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view partly in section and partly in elevation showing the manner of assembling the improved ornament.

In the drawings, wherein is shown for the purpose of illustration, merely, one embodiment of the invention, A designates the ornament generally, said ornament A comprising a base 1 formed of suitable Amaterial and of suitable shape, circular in plan, for instance, to give said base an attractive appearance. The base 1 is preferably provided with an annular face 2 arranged at an inclination to the true horizontal and vertical,

which is well adapted to receive an advertisement when the ornament is employed for advertising purposes. Also, the base 1 is provided in its top face with an annular depression 3 which serves to receive cigar and cigarette ashes, or pins, paper fasteners, etc., when it is not desirable to employ the ornament as an ash tray.

The base 1 is provided with a centrally disposed, vertical opening 4, which is of substantially constant diameter from top to bottom, and arranged within said opening 4; is an insert 5 of wood or other suitable compressible material. The insert 5 is cylindrical in shape and of such diameter that when driven into the opening 4 it will be rigidly and positively held therein by friction, and the opening 6 formed through saidy cylindrical insert is tapered slightly from a greater .diameter at the top to a reduced diameter at the bottom (Fig. 3).

Foa masks 1930. serial N6. 445,876.A

Superimposed on the base 1 of the ornament A is a decorative element 7, which may be of suitable shape so as to impartan attractlve appearance thereto. For instance, this element 7 may be a golf ball which is 55 provided with a flat face 8 at its bottomV portion where the golf ball contacts with the base 1. Exten ded downwardly from the flat. face 8 of the golf ball 7 is a stem 9, which is circular in cross-section and of substantially constant diameter throughout. The stem 9 may be secured to the golf ball in any suitable manner, but preferably I provide said stem with ascrew-threaded element 10 whlch is an integral or a fixed part of the stem, and this screw-threaded ele-ment is screwed into the golf ball until the inner end of the stem contacts with the flat face 8 of the golfball, as illustrated in Fig. 2, whereby the stem is very securely attached to the golf ball.

In assembling the ornament the element 7 is arranged with respect to the base 1 so that the stem 9 is alined longitudinally with the opening 6 formed through the insert 5, as 75 shown in Fig. 3. Movement is then imparted to either the element 7 or the-base 1, or to both thereof, and the stem 9 is forced into the opening 6 in the insert. As already stated herein and as illustrated in Fig. 3, the openl ing 6 formed through t-he insert 5 is tapered longitudinally, while the stem 9 is of constant diameter from end to end thereof, hence, as the stem is forced into said opening 6,'the wall portion surrounding said opening at the '35 lower portion of the insert where the opening 6 is of reduced diameter will be compressed by the incoming stem, with the result that the stem will be very tightly wedged in the opening 6 and the element 7 will be securely fixedto the base 1 without employing separate fastening elements.

While I have described the invention as including a stem 9 of constant diameter and an l95 opening 6 in the insert 5 which is'tapered longitudinally, it is obvious that if desired the same results may be obtained by having the stem tapered and the opening in the insert of constant diameter.

I claim: 1i An ornament of the class described com'- prising a base, a decorative element mounted on said base, said base being provided With 5 an opening formed therein, an insert of com* pressible material located Within said open ing, said insert having a tapered opening formed therein, and a stem on said decorative element of substantially constant diameter 10 throughout, said stem being driven into the tapered opening in said insert so as to frictionally secure the decorative element to the base.

2. An ornament of the class described com'- .w prising a base, a decorative element mounted on said base, said base being provided With an opening formed therein, an insert of compressible material located Within said opening, said insert having a tapered opening ,o formed therein, a stem onsaid decorative element of substantially constant diameter throughout, and a screw-threaded portion on said stem Which is screwed into said decorative element for securing the stem to said decno' orative element, said stem being driven into the tapered opening in said insert so as to rictionally secure the decorative element to the base.

3. An ornament of the class described com- BU prising a base, a decorative element mounted on said base, said base being provided With an opening formed therein, an insert of cornpressible material located Within said opening and having an opening formed in said 135 insert, and a stem on said decorative element,

said stem being driven into the opening in said insert so as to frictionally secure the decorative element to the base, and the friction face of one of said elements being tapered so ai as to increase the frictional y grip between said insert and said stem. Y

- In testimony that I claim the foregoing I `hereunto atlix my signature.

BYRON lV. MOSER, 

